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JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL

Directed By: Jake Kasdan
Studio: Sony Pictures

Official Synopsis: In Jumanji: The Next Level, the gang is back but the game has changed. As they return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as they expect. The players will have to brave parts unknown and unexplored, from the arid deserts to the snowy mountains, in order to escape the world’s most dangerous game.

Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas, and Awkwafina

Genre: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy
Country: USA (English)
Rating: PG-13 (for adventure action, suggestive content and some language)
Runtime: 123 minutes

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BOMBSHELL

Directed By: Jay Roach
Studio: Lionsgate

Official Synopsis: Starring Academy Award (R) winner Charlize Theron, Academy Award (R) winner Nicole Kidman, Academy Award (R) nominee John Lithgow and Academy Award (R) nominee Margot Robbie, based on the real scandal, BOMBSHELL is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; Fox News, and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it.

Starring: Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, John Lithgow, Kate McKinnon, Connie Britton, Malcolm McDowell, and Allison Janney

Genre: Biography | Drama
Country: USA (English)
Rating: R (for sexual material and language throughout)
Runtime: 109 minutes

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RICHARD JEWELL

Directed By: Clint Eastwood
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Official Synopsis: Directed by Clint Eastwood and based on true events, “Richard Jewell” is a story of what happens when what is reported as fact obscures the truth. “There is a bomb in Centennial Park. You have thirty minutes.” The world is first introduced to Richard Jewell as the security guard who reports finding the device at the 1996 Atlanta bombing-his report making him a hero whose swift actions save countless lives. But within days, the law enforcement wannabe becomes the FBI’s number one suspect, vilified by press and public alike, his life ripped apart. Reaching out to independent, anti-establishment attorney Watson Bryant, Jewell staunchly professes his innocence. But Bryant finds he is out of his depth as he fights the combined powers of the FBI, GBI and APD to clear his client’s name, while keeping Richard from trusting the very people trying to destroy him.

Starring: Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, and Olivia Wilde

Genre: Biography | Crime | Drama
Country: USA (English)
Rating: R (for language including some sexual references, and brief bloody images)
Runtime: 129 minutes

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BLACK CHRISTMAS (2019)

Directed By: Sophia Takal
Studio: Universal Pictures

Official Synopsis: Hawthorne College is quieting down for the holidays. But as Riley Stone (Imogen Poots, Green Room) and her Mu Kappa Epsilon sisters–athlete Marty (Lily Donoghue, The CW’s Jane the Virgin), rebel Kris (Aleyse Shannon, The CW’s Charmed), and foodie Jesse (Brittany O’Grady, Fox’s Star)–prepare to deck the halls with a series of seasonal parties, a black-masked stalker begins killing sorority women one by one. As the body count rises, Riley and her squad start to question whether they can trust any man, including Marty’s beta-male boyfriend, Nate (Simon Mead, Same But Different: A True New Zealand Love Story), Riley’s new crush Landon (Caleb Eberhardt, Amazon’s Mozart in the Jungle) or even esteemed classics instructor Professor Gelson (Cary Elwes). Whoever the killer is, he’s about to discover that this generation’s young women aren’t about to be anybody’s victims.

Starring: Imogen Poots, Aleyse Shannon, Lily Donoghue, Brittany O’Grady, Caleb Eberhardt, and Cary Elwes

Genre: Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Country: USA | New Zealand (English)
Rating: PG-13 (for violence, terror, thematic content involving sexual assault, language, sexual material and drinking)
Runtime: 92 minutes

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UNCUT GEMS

Directed By: Josh Safdie & Benny Safdie
Studio: A24

Official Synopsis: From acclaimed filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie comes an electrifying crime thriller about Howard Ratner (Adam Sandler), a charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score. When he makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime, Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides, in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.

Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin Garnett, Lakeith Stanfield, Julia Fox, Mike Francesa, Idina Menzel, and Eric Bogosian

Genre: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Country: USA (English)
Rating: R (for pervasive strong language, violence, some sexual content and brief drug use)
Runtime: 135 minutes

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SEBERG

Directed By: Benedict Andrews
Studio: Amazon Studios

Official Synopsis: Seberg is inspired by true events about the French New Wave darling and Breathless star, Jean Seberg (Kristen Stewart), who in the late 1960s was targeted by the FBI because of her support of the civil rights movement and romantic involvement with Hakim Jamal (Anthony Mackie), among others. In Benedict Andrews’ noir-ish thriller, Seberg’s life and career are destroyed by Hoover’s overreaching surveillance and harassment in an effort to suppress and discredit Seberg’s activism.

Starring: Kristen Stewart, Jack O’Connell, Margaret Qualley, Zazie Beetz, Anthony Mackie and Vince Vaughn

Genre: Biography | Drama | Thriller
Country: USA | UK (English & French)
Rating: R (for language, sexual content/nudity and some drug use)
Runtime: 102 minutes

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A HIDDEN LIFE

Directed By: Terrence Malick
Studio: Fox Searchlight

Official Synopsis: Based on real events, A HIDDEN LIFE is the story of an unsung hero, Franz Jägerstätter, who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. When the Austrian peasant farmer is faced with the threat of execution for treason, it is his unwavering faith and his love for his wife Fanni and children that keeps his spirit alive.

Starring: August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, and Matthias Schoenaerts

Genre: Biography | Drama | Romance | War
Country: USA | Germany (English, German, & Italian)
Rating: PG-13 (for thematic material including violent images)
Runtime: 174 minutes

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THE DEATH AND LIFE OF JOHN F. DONOVAN

Directed By: Xavier Dolan
Studio: Momentum Pictures

Official Synopsis: A decade after the death of an American TV star, a young actor reminisces about the written correspondence he once shared with the former, as well as the impact those letters had on both their lives.

Starring: Kit Harington, Jacob Tremblay, Natalie Portman, Susan Sarandon, Kathy Bates, Thandie Newton, Ben Schnetzer, and Jared Keeso

Genre: Drama | International
Country: UK | Canada (English)
Rating: R (for language throughout and some sexual material)
Runtime: 123 minutes

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SPIRAL FARM

Directed By: Alec Tibaldi
Studio: Indican Pictures

Official Synopsis: When two outsiders arrive on an isolated intentional community, seventeen-year old Anahita begins to question her role at home, and what a future out in the world-at-large could be.

Starring: Piper De Palma, Amanda Plummer, Jade Fusco, Teo Halm, Landen Beattie, Sara Anne, Cosimo Fusco, and Kayleigh Gilbert

Genre: Drama
Country: USA | Italy | Spain (English)
Rating: R
Runtime: 85 minutes

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THE GREAT WAR

Directed By: Steven Luke
Studio: Saban Films

Official Synopsis: During the final days of World War I, a regiment of daring African-American “Buffalo Soldiers” is trapped deep behind enemy lines. After one of these soldiers manages to escape, he’s ordered to join a select team of white troops, led by a battle-scarred officer, to find and rescue the survivors. Casting aside their racial differences, the determined men join forces to find their lost comrades in this gripping, action-filled tale of bravery and unity.

Starring: Ron Perlman, Billy Zane, Edgar Damatian, Bates Wilder, Jordan McFadden, and Hiram A. Murray

Genre: Drama | War
Country: USA (English)
Rating: R (for war violence)
Runtime: 108 minutes

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HELL ON THE BORDER

Directed By: Wes Miller
Studio: Lionsgate

Official Synopsis: This epic, action-packed Western tells the incredible true story of Bass Reeves (David Gyasi), the first black marshal in the Wild West. Having escaped from slavery after the Civil War, he arrives in Arkansas seeking a job with the law. To prove himself, he must hunt down a deadly outlaw (Frank Grillo) with the help of a grizzled journeyman (Ron Perlman). As he chases the criminal deeper into the Cherokee Nation, Reeves must not only dodge bullets, but severe discrimination in hopes of earning his star–and cement his place as a cowboy legend.

Starring: Ron Perlman, Billy Zane, Edgar Damatian, Bates Wilder, Jordan McFadden, and Hiram A. Murray

Genre: Adventure | Biography | Western
Country: USA (English)
Rating: R (for violence and language)
Runtime: 106 minutes

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MOB TOWN

Directed By: Danny A. Abeckaser
Studio: Saban Films

Official Synopsis: A story about the prominent meeting of the Mafia heads in 1957 in upstate Apalachin, NY.

Starring: David Arquette, Danny A. Abeckaser, P.J. Byrne, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Jennifer Esposito, Gino Cafarelli, and Sasha Feldman

Genre: Crime | Drama
Country: USA (English)
Rating: R (for language throughout and some violence)
Runtime: 90 minutes

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CUNNINGHAM

Directed By: Alla Kovgan
Studio: Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing

Official Synopsis: CUNNINGHAM traces Merce’s artistic evolution over three decades of risk and discovery (1944-1972), from his early years as a struggling dancer in postwar New York to his emergence as one of the world’s most visionary choreographers. The 3D technology weaves together Merce’s philosophies and stories, creating a visceral journey into his innovative work. A breathtaking explosion of dance, music, and never-before-seen archival material, CUNNINGHAM is a timely tribute to one of the world’s greatest modern dance artists.

Starring: Carolyn Brown, John Cage, Ashley Chen, Brandon Collwes, Dylan Crossman, and Julie Cunningham

Genre: Documentary | Biography | International | Music
Country: USA | Germany | France (English)
Rating: PG (for some smoking)
Runtime: 93 minutes

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CODE 8

Directed By: Jeff Chan
Studio: Vertical Entertainment

Official Synopsis: Code 8 is set in a world where 4% of the population is born with varying supernatural abilities, but instead of being billionaires or superheroes, they face discrimination and live in poverty, often resorting to crime. Connor Reed (Robbie Amell), a power-enabled young man, is struggling to pay for his ailing mother’s (Kari Matchett) health treatment. Fighting to earn enough money as a day laborer, Connor is lured into a lucrative criminal world by Garrett (Stephen Amell) who works for Lincoln City’s reigning drug lord, Marcus Sutcliffe (Greg Bryk). Garrett helps Connor sharpen his powers in order to execute a series of crimes on behalf of Sutcliffe, while a militarized police unit, led by Agent Park (Sung Kang) and Agent Davis (Aaron Abrams), hunts them down.

Starring: Stephen Amell, Robbie Amell, Kari Matchett, Greg Bryk, Laysla De Oliveira, Sung Kang, and Peter Outerbridge

Genre: Crime | Drama | International | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Country: Canada (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 98 minutes

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FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY

Directed By: Carmel Winters
Studio: Gravitas Ventures

Official Synopsis: 15-year-old Frances lost her mother in a fight. The same fight which led to her father being locked up in jail for the last ten years. Frances has never forgiven the police sergeant who she feels is responsible for this. She’s got fighting in her blood, just like her idol Muhammad Ali. And like Ali, she wants to be the Greatest too.

Starring: Hazel Doupe, Dara Devaney, Johnny Collins, Ciaran Bermingham, Kate Stanley Brennan, and Hilda Fay

Genre: Drama | International
Country: Ireland (English)
Rating: PG
Runtime: 101 minutes

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A GERMAN YOUTH

Directed By: Jean-Gabriel PĂ©riot
Studio: Big World Pictures

Official Synopsis: In the 1960s, the young democracy of West Germany was embarrassed by its Nazi past, and ingrown in its role as imperialist and capitalist outpost faced by its communist double. The postwar generation, in direct conflict with their fathers, was trying to find its place. The student movement exploded in 1966. The pas de deux between students and the government deteriorated, and radicalized those involved in a gradual escalation of violence and reprisals. From this seething youth emerged the journalist Ulrike Meinhof, filmmaker Holger Meins, students Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin, as well as the lawyer Horst Mahler. When the student movement collapsed at the end of ’68, they remained isolated in their radicalism, and desperately sought ways to continue the revolutionary struggle.

Starring: Harun Farocki, Philip Werner Sauber, Holger Meins, Helke Sander, Rudolf Augstein, and Andreas Baader

Genre: Documentary | History | International
Country: France | Switzerland | Germany (English, German, & French)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 93 minutes

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WHAT SHE SAID: The Art of Pauline Kael

Directed By: Rob Garver
Studio: Juno Films

Official Synopsis: The New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael battled to make her mark — fueled by brilliance, unshakable self-confidence, a complicated past, and a deep love of the arts. With over 35 new interviews and never-before seen archival material, What She Said is an unvarnished portrait of a pioneer who was both admired and resented for what she said about art in an era of great movie-making.

Starring: Woody Allen, Alec Baldwin, William Peter Blatty, Peter Bogdanovich, Johnny Carson, Dick Cavett, and Francis Ford Coppola

Genre: Documentary | Biography
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 98 minutes

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RABID

Directed By: Jen Soska & Sylvia Soska
Studio: SHOUT! STUDIOS

Official Synopsis: A “Plain-Jane” designer is having difficultly standing out in the world of high fashion among flawlessly beautiful models including her own roommate. Relegated to the role of seamstress for a world-renowned designer, Sarah wants nothing more than to be noticed for her own designs. When she witnesses the closeness of her model roommate with Brad, the photographer she has grown close to, Sarah rushes from a party feeling angry and hurt. A resulting traffic accident leaves her with significant scars on her face and body. Based on the referral from her apologetic roommate, Sarah meets with a renowned plastic surgeon that convinces her to undergo a highly experimental healing procedure that uses stems cells to speed up and improve healing. She recovers to find herself looking as beautiful as the models she works with. Sarah finds her confidence and sexual appetite is also increased leading to several torrid sexual encounters. Unbeknownst to her, Sarah sets off a spiraling contagion, as within 24 hours her lovers become rabid, violent spreaders of death and disease. As the disease mutates, it spreads through society at an accelerated rate causing an ever-increasing number of people to rampage through the streets in a violent and bloody killing spree. The now out of control disease draws the attention of the CDC and the nefarious plastic surgeon out to find the cure. The spreading violence around them impedes them from discovering the truth. Sarah is both the source of the disease and its cure…and time is running out.

Starring: Laura Vandervoort, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Ted Atherton, Hanneke Talbot, Stephen Huszar, Mackenzie Gray, and Stephen McHattie

Genre: Horror | International | Sci-Fi
Country: Canada (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 107 minutes

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LINE OF DESCENT

Directed By: Rohit Karn Batra
Studio: Gravitas Ventures

Official Synopsis: ‘Line of Descent’ follows a dysfunctional mafia family of three brothers as they fight over their fathers estate, while a cop (Abhay Deol) carries them to their tragic ending. Meanwhile, a boisterous arms dealer (Brendan Fraser) is thrust in the family war, though a mole in his criminal enterprise, and all worlds fuse into one.

Starring: Brendan Fraser, Prem Chopra, Abhay Deol, Ronit Roy, Neeraj Kabi, Anisha Victor, and Charlotte Poutrel

Genre: Crime | Drama
Country: USA (English & Hindi)
Rating: TV-MA
Runtime: 108 minutes

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CHINESE PORTRAIT

Directed By: Xiaoshuai Wang
Studio: The Cinema Guild

Official Synopsis: From acclaimed director Wang Xiaoshuai (BEIJING BICYCLE; SO LONG, MY SON) comes a personal snapshot of contemporary China in all its diversity. Shot over the course of ten years on both film and video, the film consists of a series of carefully composed tableaus of people and environments, each one more extraordinary than the last. Pedestrians shuffle across a bustling Beijing street, steelworkers linger outside a deserted factory, tourists laugh and scamper across a crowded beach, worshipers kneel to pray in a remote village. With a painterly eye for composition, Wang captures China as he sees it, calling to a temporary halt a land in a constant state of change.

Starring: Pvssyheaven, Sam Richardson, Austin Sley Julian, Alex Esco, Wendel “Oba” Scott, Mazikeen LaGuerre, Irma-Estel Laguerre, Jon Nandor, and Pawel Wojtasik

Genre: Documentary | International
Country: China (Chinese)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 79 minutes

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COLEWELL

Directed By: Tom Quinn
Studio: Gravitas Ventures

Official Synopsis: In tiny Colewell, Pennsylvania, the residents gather at the post office for mail and gossip, while the days pass quiet and serene. That is until news comes that the office is to close, and beloved clerk Nora (a marvelous Karen Allen) is left to fight for her job and reflect on the choices she has made that kept her in Colewell for so many years. Touching, with a hint of melancholy, Tom Quinn’s eloquent film is an ode to small-town life and the quiet emotions that come with nostalgia and memories of the past. Infusing Nora with integrity and grace, Allen captures the intimate and often private struggle that occurs later in life, when unexpected changes occur. Heartened by a great supporting cast including Hannah Gross and Kevin J. O’Connor, Colewell gorgeously captures rural America, while giving space to the beauty of time passing and reflecting on what determines a life well lived.

Starring: Karen Allen, Hannah Gross, Kevin J. O’Connor, Craig Walker, Malachy Cleary, and Daniel Jenkins

Genre: Drama
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 79 minutes

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ERNESTO’S MANIFESTO

Directed By: David M. Matthews
Studio: Stone Gate Entertainment

Official Synopsis: Ernesto is a sweet, simple, gentle man who is doing the best he can to get by in current-day Los Angeles. A series of bad breaks, however, cause him to lose his job, his girlfriend, and his home — placing him in a very precarious situation. Then, just when all seems hopeless, he finds employment, which lead to housing, an important friendship, and unexpectedly, a new and improved career trajectory. In his new position, he finds love, financial independence and a bright and promising future — a happy ending beyond his wildest expectations.

Starring: Fernando Hidalgo, Amy Davidson, Adam Huss, Lisandra Tena, Randy J. Goodwin, and Tabitha Caulfield

Genre: Comedy
Country: USA (English)
Rating: PG-13 (for thematic elements, some sexual material and language)
Runtime: 99 minutes

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FIRST LOVE (2019)

Directed By: Michael Masarof
Studio: Indie Rights

Official Synopsis: When famous actress Rebecca Rosetti suffers a nervous breakdown and holes up in a seaside motel in Venice Beach, her estranged twin brother Matthew must make a choice: sell his explosive tell-all book about their childhood or save his troubled sister from herself.

Starring: Aaron Costa Ganis, Annie Heise, Amin El Gamal, Malin Barr, Arye Gross, William Castrogiovanni, and Mia Barron

Genre: Drama
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 80 minutes

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WINDOWS ON THE WORLD

Directed By: Michael D. Olmos
Studio: UpCal Entertainment

Official Synopsis: An immigrant’s son takes an epic journey from Mexico to New York City as he searches for his father who was an undocumented worker in the World Trade Center, and has disappeared after 9/11. On the morning of September 11, 2001, Fernando and his family in Mexico watch the news in horror as the Twin Towers collapse. His father, Balthazar, is an undocumented busboy on the top floor in the Windows on the World restaurant. Three weeks pass, and there is no word from Balthazar. No telephone calls, money orders, or hope that he is alive. As the family grieves, feeling the emotional and financial toll of their absent patriarch, Fernando’s distraught mother swears she sees her husband on news footage — escaping from the building ALIVE! Heroic Fernando decides to take the epic journey from Mexico to New York City to find his father and save his family. Along the way, he finds love and befriends an eclectic group of international characters that help him restore his faith in humanity, as Fernando discovers the hard truths about his father, the melting pot of America, and the immigrant experience.

Starring: Rene Auberjonois, Edward James Olmos, Luna Lauren Velez, Ryan Guzman, Jacqueline Obradors, Richard Cabral, and Glynn Turman

Genre: Drama
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 107 minutes

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